As the tech world eagerly awaits the next evolution of open source excellence, Fedora enthusiasts have reasons to rejoice with the release of Fedora 40 Beta. This beta version provides a tantalizing glimpse into the future of Fedora's operating system, showcasing a host of new features, improvements and innovations that promise to elevate the Fedora experience to new heights. Join me on a journey as we take a closer look at what Fedora 40 Beta has in store for users and why it's generating so much hype within the open source community!
Introducing the Fedora 40 Beta!
Scheduled for official release at mid-end of April, Fedora 40 is creating waves of excitement in the open source space. Released on March 26, Fedora 40 Beta, its predecessor represents a significant milestone in the ongoing development of The Fedora Project. Building upon the solid foundation laid by previous releases Fedora 40 Beta introduces several key enhancements aimed at improving performance, usability and security. All of which are ready and waiting to be tested and used by you and your community. Let's find out what's new in Fedora 40 Beta and how you can get started with it.
What's New In Fedora 40 Beta?
Linux Kernel 6.8: Powered by the latest in the Linux Series Fedora 40 Beta is able to provide users with better compatibility with newer hardware, improved system performance, and strengthened security features.
Desktop Environments: GNOME 46 for Fedora Workstation edition and KDE Plasma 6 for Fedora KDE Spin provides users with a more polished, responsive and tailored desktop experience.
DNF 5: DNF 5 improves performance, reduces memory usage and enhances user experience
Session Support: Plasma Wayland as default for Fedora KDE Spin and X11 and Wayland sessions for other editions. These features work together to enhance graphical performance and desktop responsiveness on KDE Spin while ensuring compatibility with a wide range of applications and hardware configurations on other editions.
Network and System Improvements: IPv4 address conflict detection enabled helping users to identify and solve network issues, stable-ssid mode for assigning stable MAC addresses therefore leading to consistent connectivity and systemd service hardening for default system services and enhancing the security of the system.
Development Tools: Updated GNU toolchain and the Introduction of AMD ROCm 6.0 for AMD GPUs providing improved performance, enhanced debugging capabilities, and support for emerging technologies such as Ai. AI enablement was added through LLM framework Pytorch.
Spins and Editions:
Introduction of Cinnamon 6.0 for Fedora Cinnamon Spin.
Fedora IoT enhancements with OSTree.
Bootloader updates management for Silverblue and Kinoite editions.
Fedora Atomic Desktops: All desktop, rpm-ostree based variants of Fedora (Silverblue, Kinoite, Sway and Budgie) will be grouped under the “Fedora Atomic Desktops” name, with Sericea now known as Fedora Atomic Sway.
How to Get Started with Fedora 40 Beta
Excited to try out Fedora 40 Beta for yourself? Getting started is easy! Simply visit the Fedora website and download the beta release version for your preferred edition. As you explore you'll come to realize that there are so many big and small changes in this release that will make your life so much easier.
You can choose from the following editions below:
Fedora 40 Beta Workstation: Link to Fedora Workstation
Fedora 40 Beta Server: Fedora Server | The Fedora Project 16
Fedora 40 Beta CoreOS: Fedora CoreOS | The Fedora Project 9
Fedora 40 Beta Cloud: Fedora Cloud | The Fedora Project
Popular variants: KDE Plasma, Xfce,etc.
Fedora 40 Beta Spins: Fedora Spins | The Fedora Project
Fedora 40 Beta Labs: Fedora Labs Prerelease Images
Since this is a beta version you might come across your occasional critter but not to worry, we're happy to squash those bugs for you, so if find any, feel free to reach out to the Fedora Quality team via the test mailing listor to the #qualitychannel on Fedora Chat. As testing progresses common issues can also be tracked in the “Common Issues” category on Ask Fedora.
The Fedora Community looks forward to receiving your valued feedback as you test.
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Source: The Fedora Magazine